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Lighter boat, similar size sails. IMO should be faster.


Or, put another way - shorter, narrower, smaller sails, 20 yo design and only 7kg lighter - how could it possibly be as fast? [Linked Image]

As for a cat rigged Taipan being rated faster than an F18 - I know which one I'd choose in a boat for boat race. It makes me think the SCHRS is weighted very favourably for the bigger cats.

Or is it just heavier cats?
In the Mozzies we have a "heavyweight" division for older boats, where the minimum weight is an extra 10kg. How do the Mosquito numbers come out with 10kg of extra weight added? I'd be interested to see the difference.


Tim,

we don't have much data coming from Aus, if you have results in a sailwave format, please send them to me and I'll store them up for later test fleet races. I also need as much info about the course as possible, tide state and direction, if it turned during the race and at what time (if available), wind speed, sea state and some idea of the level of skill across the fleet. This may sound like a lot of info, but it's usefull as we can then try and iron out any strange results (consider a w/l race, one lap light wind with strong tide). We would expect an A class to do well in this race as they do have very good performance upwind and in this race the boats would spend a longer time sailing upwind on the race.

As for numbers, download the utility from here and have a play with it yourself !


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